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Unless you are a member of the IDF (Isreali Defense Force), then have a round in the chamber. You may not think it, but half a second could cost you your life. It takes that little time to pull a trigger. Just food for thought...

I have been following this thread and sorry to hear about the issue with your Shield. While my Shield did not go kaboom, it did have FTE issue and currently at S&W. I was hoping someone on the forum has an idea what the lead time is for sending a gun to S&W for repair. I guess I got my...

It is difficult to say how many Shields are having this issue. It is a S&W forum so folks are going to post if they experience issues with the gun. It is possible they got a bad batcch of parts whether it be extractor spring or the extractor itself or the machine that makes the slide is out of...

I have the exact same issue with my Shield, my serial number starts with HPVxxxx, test casing envelope was dated in mid to late August 2013. Waiting for my return shipping label....should be in my inbox in 72 businesshours according to the rep...starting to wonder if I made a bad purchase...

I have picked up my Shield 9mm today and have 7 or 8 fail to extract issue as the spent casing would stay half way in the chamber. It appeared that the extractor does not have enough tension to hold onto the rim of the spent casing for a complete extract. The gun was cleaned and lubed prior to...

Hello all, new to the forum and just looking for some info and stumble onto this thread. I just received my Shield 9mm today and took it out the range and put 120 rounds through it. Unfortunately instead of getting used to the sight picture, I have gotten rather quite a few malfunction...